The amount of capital pouring into AI data center projects is staggering. Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would…
Category: Primers
Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Small Army of Workers—to Train Robots
The real question is how effectively AgiBot’s algorithms can teach its robots new tricks. Using reinforcement learning to teach a robot tasks that require improvisation…
Whisper Into This AI-Powered Smart Ring to Organize Your Thoughts
When the AI assistant talks back to you, it’ll sound eerily like your own voice—just like your inner monologue. During setup, you’ll be asked to…
WIRED Roundup: AI Psychosis, Missing FTC Files, and Google Bedbugs
In today’s episode, Zoë Schiffer is joined by senior editor Louise Matsakis to run through five stories that you need to know about this week—from…
Guillermo del Toro Hopes He’s Dead Before AI Art Goes Mainstream
Guillermo del Toro loves a challenge. Nothing the 61-year-old director does could be termed “half-assed,” and each of his movies is planned, scripted, and storyboarded…
The Man Who Invented AGI
Wang, who now teaches at Temple University, says he only vaguely remembers the discussion but says he might have suggested some alternatives. More importantly, he…
The Curious Case of the Bizarre, Disappearing Captcha
As I browse the web in 2025, I rarely encounter captchas anymore. There’s no slanted text to discern. No image grid of stoplights to identify.…
Your Friend Asked You a Question. Don't Copy and Paste an Answer From a Chatbot
Back in the 2010s, a website called Let Me Google That For You gained a notable amount of popularity for serving a single purpose: snark.…